Box



Patented July 27, 1943 This invention relates to boxes; and has .special reference to boxes or cartons made of card-. board or the like and having protruding portions in connection with the side walls thereof.

'An object of the invention is to provide albox' made of cardboard or like material'andxofany desired cross-sectional form and having .outwardly extended formations in connection with. the side walls thereof and at any desired locations about the boxand which may also be ex-. tended downwardly below the box bottom to provide supporting legs whereby the box bot'-.. tomis held out of contact with the support upon which the legs rest.

lengths and of various forms, at the option of a maker or user.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved box made of cardboard or the like having adjacent portions or panels of its side walls connected by outwardly extended portions located at the corners of the box or elsewhere about the box as desired, and cooperatingwith a bottom attached to said wall portions or panels to retain them and the outwardly extended portions in relatively fixed relationship.

material used is preferably flexible so that the panels .or side walls may be curved or'not,.'as

desired. I q. t The blank shownlinFig l is of a shape and design to constitutethe side walls and outwardly. extended formations inxconnection therewith to'fornr a box generally of the. shape shown-in Figs. 2,. 3an'd i'. Howevenit is apparent that boxes of various other. shapes may be formed by .use Iof .thisr' invention merely bywaryingiithe blank or blanks constituting the side walls. Said blank. comprises a number of panels or side walls However, these outwardly extended formations may be of any desired 1 formed. in longitudinal series and connected together by outwardly. extended formation 2 having downwardlydiverging score .lines 3 along the lines of their union with the respective panels, and also having score linesv 4 between the scores 3. The score lines 4 diverge downwardly from each other and from the lines 3.

Thus the blank maybe bent'along the scores 3 and 41130 arrange the panels or side walls lin the desired relationship to provide the upwardly extended enclosing-wall of a box or carton .(Fig. 2)

Another object of the invention is to provide I an improved box made of cardboard or the like and having its-adjacent side walls angularly disposed relative to each other and connected together at the corners by outwardly extended portions that may be formed integral with the side walls and may, if desired, be extended downwardly to function as legs for retaining the box bottom out of contact with the support upon which the legs rest.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being made to the annexed drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a plan view of one form of a blank that may be used in making a box embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a box proper made from the blank shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a box like that shown in Fig. 2 and having a removable lid thereon.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view 0 i the box shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The side walls of the box or carton are made of a blank of cardboard or like material.

sides, and the blank may be shaped to form a box of any selected cross-sectional form. The

.tion 2 In the specificform of box shown, the down wardly flaring and outwardly extended formations 2 are at the corners of the box, which is approximately rectangular in cross-section, although it is clear that various cross-sectional forms of box maybe provided, as desired. Fur-' ther, the walls I may be made of the same length or of different lengths, as desired. The formaatone end of the blank may overlap an extended flange 5 at the opposite end of the blank and be attached thereto by cement 6 or r a other fastening means (Fig. 4).

The two downwardly diverging lines 3 and the two intermediate lines 4, which are between the lines 3 and diverge downwardly from each other and also from said lines 3, provide a novel for mation at. each corner of the box. The formation at each corner of thebox consists-of three walls two-of which are connectedwith the ends of the adjacent sidewalls of the box along the score lines 3, and the other one of which three walls integrally connects said two walls. This is indicated on the blank'(Fig. l) and also is clearly apparent in Fig. 40f the drawing; p, The bottom I of the box is secured within the enclosure formed byfthe side walls I, and is at tached'to said sidewalls byany appropriate fastening means, such as marginal flanges 8, along the edges of thegbottom. wall'seating against and attached to the inner surfaces of said side walls. The corners of. the bottom I extend. into the spaces between the adjacent 1 along the scores 3 and 4.

endsof the walls I provided by the outwardly extended formations 2. The bottom 1 attached to'the side walls of the box in this way holds the side walls in proper relationship and subv stantially prevents further bending of the walls The bottom I may be approximately even with the lower edges of the side walls I; as shown in Fig; 3;" or said bottom may be secured in any other preferred position within the space provided by said sidewalls.

As shown, the formations 2 extend below the lower edges of the side walls and below the botposition in which the bottom 1 is spaced above and out of contact with the support on which the'box is resting. However, it is apparent'that the length of the formations 2 may be reduced to leave the bottom 1 free to rest upon the support. A lid 9 is provided for the boxandis formedwith a projecting portion I0 extending in the upper endof the box enclosure-to engage: with the inner sides of-the wall i and thereby hold the lid in position on the box.

' the foregoing, it is apparent that imbox' attains all of its intended objects and purposes efliciently and economically, that the V v enclosing wall blanktmay be madeine a single piece or otherwise, as desired; andthat the for mafiionsrl may be caused to function as supporting legs: forth'e'box or not,:as'desired.' Fur-i,

tom 1 and functionas legs to uphold the box in a Iclaim:

1. A polygonal box made of cardboard and comprising an elongated blank including a series of panels constituting side walls, three downwardly flaring corner wall portions integrally connecting adjacent ends of said side wall panels and extending outwardly from the corners of the box and forming enclosed spaces Within the box and also extending beyond the lower edges of said side wallsltoform suppor-tinglegs, and a bottom attached tosaid sidewalls and having corners extending into and substantially closing the inner central portions of said spaces.

2. In a cardboard box, a series of four side walls arranged in angular relationship to form an enclosed space and having each two walls that are oppositefromeach other diverging downwardly, two outwardly diverging wall portions integral with the ends of each of said four walls and of gradually increasing width from their upper ends toth'eir lower ends and extending downwardlybeyondthe lower edges of saidwalls and. forming legs, a single flat wall portionim tegrally connecting the outer edges of each adjacent pair of saidv first wall portions and of tomattach'ed to the inner surfaces of said side Walls. g

P LOUIS HKSCHLEICI-IER. 

